If property taxes are not enough to cover payment in a given year, PENN said it would make up the difference, the city said.īut some taxpayers don't like the city kicking in anything - given the casino owners made $75 million from their now-30-year-old riverfront Aurora casino last year. The $360 million plan includes a $50 million bond issuance by the city, which the city has previously said would be repaid not from general taxpayer funds, but from increased property taxes received from the new site.